Former cast and crew members of the hit CW show “One Tree Hill” have come forward to accuse showrunner Mark Schwahn of sexual harassment and back up the claims made by writer Audrey Wauchope.

Former cast and crew members of the hit CW show “One Tree Hill” have come forward to accuse showrunner Mark Schwahn of sexual harassment and back up the claims made by writer Audrey Wauchope.

Over the weekend, Wauchope tweeted a series of messages detailing the sexual harassment she said staffers were subjected to during her tenure on the series. She didn’t reveal Schwahn’s name, but attributed the actions to the showrunner she worked with on her first job as a staff writer.

Moving on. The staff sat on couches. Female writers would try to get the spot where the showrunner wouldn't sit as to not be touched. Often men would help out by sitting next to him, thus protecting the women.

Sometimes we wouldn't luck out and he'd just squeeze his disgusting body in between us and put his arms around us, grinning. He pet hair. He massaged shoulders. I know he did more but not to me so they're not my stories to share.

Wauchope also said she decided to come forward with the allegations in light of Warner Bros.′ decision to suspend Andrew Kreisberg, a leading force on some of the network’s biggest television productions, amid sexual harassment allegations.

In a letter published Monday in Variety, 18 former cast and crew members of “One Tree Hill” addressed Schwahn’s alleged behavior:

“Many of us were, to varying degrees, manipulated psychologically and emotionally. More than one of us is still in treatment for post-traumatic stress. Many of us were put in uncomfortable positions and had to swiftly learn to fight back, sometimes physically, because it was made clear to us that the supervisors in the room were not the protectors they were supposed to be. Many of us were spoken to in ways that ran the spectrum from deeply upsetting, to traumatizing, to downright illegal. And a few of us were put in positions where we felt physically unsafe. More than one woman on our show had her career trajectory threatened.”

Shocked and saddened to hear what the women of OTH had to endure. I’m proud of them for speaking up. I support them fully. And I hope that their courage to tell the truth, will help put an end to the pervasive culture of harassment in the work place. There’s no place for it.